UP AND OUT: Police detained a protester during a rally in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday. Some Russians have been protesting since Sunday’s parliamentary election, which they say was rigged to allow Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party to have a majority. (Dmitry Lovetsky/Associated Press)

MONKS PROTEST: Monks protested Wednesday in Kathmandu, Nepal, against the appointment of Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal to lead a project to develop an area where Buddha was believed to have been born. They want the project to be void of political involvement. (Niranjan Shrestha/Associated Press)

COMMUNICATING FROM KUWAIT: U.S. Army Pfc. Cory Huskey of Portland, Ore., talked with his mother via Skype after he arrived in Kuwait from Iraq Wednesday. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

MANY ROPES: Li Jinlong jumped ropes in Beijing Wednesday. Students at Da Sun Ge Zhuang Central Primary School practiced the skill as they prepared for a sports cultural exposition. (Zhang Naijie/Xinhua/Zuma Press)

CHILD LABOR: Abdullah Altaf, 10 years old, took a break from arranging bricks at a factory where he and his family work on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

ROUNDED UP: Opposition supporters were detained in a police truck at a protest in Kinshasa, Congo, Wednesday. Partial results make it all but certain that President Joseph Kabila will be declared the winner. Rival Etienne Tshisekedi’s supporters have vowed to take to the streets. (Gwenn Dubourthoumieu/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)